Begin 2025 by tapping into the essence of your courage in the midst of life’s unimagined unfoldings. Strength and vibrancy are at our core, but in this time of chaos and uncertainty, taking time to connect your root knowing, breath, body, and values is essential.

Join us for this three-day in-person weekend Circle of Trust© for the spaciousness to listen deeply, align with your heart core, and nourish personal and collective courage for these challenging times.

Circle of Trust© retreats offer a unique opportunity to slow down, renew and rekindle one's courage. Based on the work of educator and activist, Parker J. Palmer  (A Hidden Wholeness, Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach), and the Center for Courage & Renewal, each circle brings together core practices of reflection and connection to align soul and role.

At the start of the year, together, we will:

• Create our own personal guidebooks to support us connecting with our unique expressions of courage when we lose our way or need reminders.

• Nurture personal and professional integrity and the courage to align soul and role.

• Explore your internal pace, movement, and expression to discern desires and direction.

• Integrate embodied practices to ground and strengthen presence.

• Work solo, in small groups, and all together to connect with self, others, and place.

• Begin the year connected to the taproot of your soul.

• Identify ways to embody relational and communal care.

Facilitators:

Holly Wilkinson is a Circle of Trust© facilitator trained by the Center for Courage and Renewal who has been offering courage work for 10 years.  Holly brings a commitment to listening, creative expression and an appreciation of winter’s wisdom. This is the 10th year Holly has offered a January Circle of Trust© and finds it to be an important ritual to begin each year.

Ally Oswald is a member of the Vermont Courage Cohort for over 10 years and has become a facilitator in the last four years.  She has been integrating Courage practices into the public school setting in Southern Vermont. Ally brings compassion, attentiveness, and humor to the circle.

Timeframe: 

Friday, January 17, 5 pm through Sunday, January 19, 2 pm. Evening sessions will end by 9 pm and breakfast will start us off at 8 am. The retreat will include a spacious pace and solo time for tuning into your own natural rhythms.

Location: Hallelujah Farm Retreat Center in Chesterfield, New Hampshire

Hallelujah Farm is nestled into the Southwest corner of New Hampshire, just outside of Brattleboro, VT.  Fields and woods provide spaciousness for reflection, ramblings and connection with nature.  Accommodations are double and single rooms.  

Travel: Hallelujah Farm is 13 minutes from Brattleboro, VT; 2.5 hours from Burlington, VT; 2 hours from Boston, MA; 1.5 hours from the Manchester, NH and Hartford, CT airports.  

Costs:

Overnight rates: 

Double Room Accommodations: $575 covers double-room occupancy, three nourishing meals daily, facilitation, and all materials. 

Single Room Accommodations: $675 covers single-room occupancy, three nourishing meals daily, facilitation, and all materials. (limited availability)

Day Rate: $475 covers three nourishing meals daily, facilitation, and all materials for participants who live in the area or prefer to choose their own hotel accommodations.  

Payments may be made in full or in two monthly installments . An initial payment of $200 reserves your spot in the circle.

We encourage you to choose the accommodations that best support your full presence and participation for your own wellness and care of the community. 

Thanks to our generous donor base, we have scholarship funds available to assist. Please contact holly@wholeheartinc.org to learn more or with questions.